I've got a following class:
class Account extends Model
{
protected $casts = [
'industries' => 'json',
];
public function getIndustriesAttribute($value = null)
{
return collect(json_decode($value, true))->map(function ($industry) {
return new Industry($industry);
});
}
}
with industries being a json field in the database.
The above code does what I'm aiming to do - if given field is accessed, the value from given field will be json_decoded and then transformed into array of Industry. When this model is saved, industries will be saved as json per $casts.
What I'd like to do is get rid of getIndustriesAttribute and make Laravel do a cast of my json to array of objects - ideally my code would look like this:
class Account extends Model
{
protected $casts = [
'industries' => Industry::class.'[]',
];
}
Of course this doesn't work, but it gives an idea what I'd like to happen - an array of objects should be json_encode / json_decoded (Industry is a plain object so it doesn't need to be an serialized).
As a workaround I've written this castable:
<?php
use Illuminate\Contracts\Database\Eloquent\CastsAttributes;
trait ArrayableCast
{
public static function castUsing(array $arguments)
{
if (in_array('[]', $arguments)) {
return new class implements CastsAttributes {
public function get($model, $key, $value, $attributes)
{
return collect(json_decode($value, true))->map(function ($item) {
return new (static::class)($item);
})->all();
}
public function set($model, $key, $value, $attributes)
{
return json_encode(collect($value)->map(function ($item) {
return $item->toArray();
})->all());
}
};
}
return new class implements CastsAttributes {
public function get($model, $key, $value, $attributes)
{
return new (static::class)(json_decode($value, true));
}
public function set($model, $key, $value, $attributes)
{
return json_encode($value->toArray());
}
};
}
}
which can be used per
protected $casts = [
'industries' => Industry::class.':[]',
];
but I'd appreciate if there was a native Laravel of handling this scenario.
My Answer:
> 'array'
> 'contacts' => 'array'
> 'address' => 'object'
> ];_}_I want to cast the 'address' attribute as an object. How can I achieve this?
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